Tuesday, June 22, 1999 Published at 11:34 GMT 12:34 UKEntertainmentStars back the Rogue TraderEwan McGregor and Anna Friel with executive producer Sir David FrostIt was a night for truth and reconciliation at the world premiere of the movie Rogue Trader - the story of how Nick Leeson broke Barings Bank.

Both were to keen to point out that the movie showed a better side to the infamous financial trader than presented by the press.

Things hot up as Leeson's losses soar

Notoriety came winging Nick Leeson's way in 1995 when he single-handedly lost £850m of his employer's, Barings Bank, money on the Far Eastern financial markets.

Barings, a 200-year-old institution in the City of London, was lost without redemption. Leeson went to jail in Singapore.

But arriving from Hamburg for Rogue Trader's premiere, 32-year-old McGregor expressed his support for his character.

"There's things that he did that were wrong but if you went into the back rooms of a bank there would be that type of thing going on. He got nicked," he said.

Nick and Lisa: Portrayed as very close

While Anna Friel, currently wooing audiences in the hit play Closer in New York, added her own dose of sympathy. "I think what it does is give another side to the story, not just what you've heard," she said.

In Rogue Trader, Nick and Lisa Leeson are depicted as having a very close and loving relationship.

However, their marriage collapsed and Lisa remarried after Leeson was sent to prison for six-and-a-half years.

But things didn't look quite so sour for warring couple Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall at the premiere party.

Despite being locked in what is rumoured to be a bitter divorce battle, they chatted and smiled and exchanged a peck on the cheek.